South Africa is vying fiercely with Australia to host a giant radio telescope that may never be built — but the competition itself is changing the country's science landscape.
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19 December 2011
This article originally stated that Adam Burrows is vice-chairman of the US National Research Council's space-studies board. In fact, he is chair of the US National Research Council’s physics and astronomy board. The text has been corrected to reflect this.
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Cherry, M. Astronomy in South Africa: The long shot. Nature 480, 308–309 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/480308a
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